Nicotine reversal effects of the benzoflavone moiety from Passiflora incarnata Linneaus in mice

Addiction Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 435-441

  Dhawan, Kamaldeep ^a   Kumar, Suresh ^a   Sharma, Anupam ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; NALOXONE; NICOTINE TARTRATE; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; JUMPING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; STRESS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BENZOFLAVONES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NICOTINE; PASSIFLORA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 0036815311     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1355621021000006044     Document Type: Article

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